Whitman College - Waiilatpu Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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. ,- tl ll E. 'i 1 English VVilliam Rees Davis is head of the Department of English, being the Mary A. Denny Professor of English. He is a member of the Board of Deans and as such is chairman of the Internal Life Group. In addition, he is Faculty Member at Large of the Executive Committee of the Associated Students. Professor Davis graduated from Ripon College in 1901 with an A.B. degree and received his Masterhs degree from Harvard in 1910. He has been at VVhitman since 1912. Edith Merrill Davis, A.l3., is assistant Professor of English and in charge of the dramatic organizations and productions of the College. She received her A.B. degree from Ripon in 1901. William Russell Blankenship, who received his A.B. from the University of Missouri in 19141, is Assistant Professor of English and as a member of the External Relations Group supervises the publicity for'VVhitman. Angelo Pellingrini has spent this, his first year at VVhitman, as Instructor in Public Speaking and Debate. He has an AB. degree from the University of VVash- ington. Raymond Lloyd Lapham has been at VVhitman since 1926 as Instructor in En- glish. He reeeived his A.B. degree from Reed College in 1919 and his A.M. from the University of Oregon in 1926. Pellegrini Lapham Davis Davis

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Education, Psychology, History Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, President of Whitman College and Cushing Eels Professor of Philosophy, received his A.B. degree from Williams .in 1885, his D.D. from the same college in 1905 and likewise his L.L.D. in 1919. He possesses degrees from two other schools: a B.D. awarded by Yale in 1890 and a D.D. from Ripon College in 1902. Dr. Penrose has served continuously as President of the College since his arrival here in 1894. Eli T. Allen occupies the Weyerhauser chair of Biblical Language. He has the degree of D.D., awarded him by Whitworth College in 1921. Previous to coming to Whitman, Dr. Allen served several years in Persia as a missionary under the Presby- terian Board. Professor Allen conducts chapel services and is excusing officer for the men students. Melvin Clay Jacobs came to Whitman College from New York University in 1926 and is now William Kirkman Professor of History. He is also a member of the Academic Group. He holds the degree of M.A. from Princeton University and B.D. from Princeton Theological School. Omcn Bishop was new on the campus this Fall. He is Professor of Psychology and Education. Professor Bishop received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctor's degrees from the University of Iowa. Louise Shaff Blomquist came to Whitman this Fall from the University of Idaho, where she was Assistant Dean and an Instructor in the History Depart- ment. She occupies the position here of Dean of VVomen and Assistant Professor of History. Mrs. Blomquist graduated from the University of Washington in 1915 with a B.A. degree. She was awarded a Master's Degree from Columbia in 1925. Allen Penrose Blomquist Jacobs

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ffs' T -A 3'-'N 51 sf u , . ' N ii lei +1 fit in .fr L .A , L M Physics and Chemistry Louis Alexander Parsons is Nathaniel Shipman Professor of Physics. He holds Baehelor's and Masteris degrees from the University of Iowa and a Doctor's degree from Johns Hopkins. Doyle Northrup, Instructor in Physics, received his B.S. degree from Whitman in 1928. Frank Loyal Haigh, who graduated from Ripon College with an A.B. degree in 1908, and who received his Doctor's degree from Yale four years later, is Professor of Chemistry and a member of the Academic Group. Leo Chandler Humphrey, with a B.S. from Montana State College, is Assistant Professor of Chemistry and the member of the Internal Life Group who decides ath- letic eligibility. ,, ,, r , ..,. , , I N01'th1'UD Parsons Haigh Humphrey '